Monthly Archives: November 2008
Fatah Asserts Leadership Role In Ramallah
The Middle East Newsline has confirmed that the Al Aksa Brigades of the PLO's Fatah movement, which remains on the list of organizations on the American Justice Department's terror watch list, has assumed a...
JEWISH COMMUNITY OF HEBRON: NEWS BACKGROUNDER
The city of Hebron, approximately 20 miles south of Jerusalem in the Judean Hills, has been linked to the Jewish people from time immemorial. It is, after Jerusalem, the most sacred city for the...
Jewish Agency Center Prevents Jewish Learning
Since the founding of the State of Israel, the Jewish Agency has been reponsible for bringing millions of new immigrants to the fledgling state. One of the Agency's primary goals is to help immigrants...
PLO Promotes League Of Arab Nations Initiative To Israeli Public
On Thursday, November 20,the PLO Negotiation Department took the unusual move of sponsoring an advertisement from the League of Arab Nations in the major Israeli media.
The ad proclaimed that "57 Arab and Islamic states...
Israel Blasts UN High Commissioner For Refugees
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has issued a scathing denunciation of the United Nations High Commisisoner of Refugees.
The condemnation attacks what the ministry refers to as the "high commissioner's utterly shortsighted press release regarding the...
King Abdullah buries Jordanian troop deployment as solution to West Bank puzzle
Jordan King Abdullah held an emergency meeting last night with Prime Minister Olmert and Defense Minister Barak to plead that the IDF stay out of Gaza because a conflict in the Gaza Strip could...
Turkey to Invest $12 bln in Iran
Turkey will invest $12 billion in Iran's Pars offshore gas field, said Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler.
"Turkey will invest $12 billion on developing phases of South Pars offshore gas field in southern Iran and...
Residents of southern city rally against government inaction in face of increased, improved rocket...
Hundreds of people gathered at the main junction at the entrance to Ashkelon, Thursday afternoon, to rally against the lack of fortifications in the city to protect residents from ongoing barrages of rockets launched...
Insight in the News in Israel
Posting: November 20, 2008
"Lunacy"
It seems fairly pervasive. And I'll provide just two examples here, both touching on issues I've raised in the last day or two:
In response to increased launching of rockets from Gaza,...
Hamas Becomes Directly Involved In Attacks
Israel has determined that the Hamas regime was directly involved in attacks against the Jewish state.
A report by a government-sponsored intelligence center asserted that the Hamas regime has raised its profile in the latest...